Shipping-receptacle.



F. I. LAMASNEY 6: F. H. PIERCE.

SHIPPING REGEBTAOLB. APPLIOATIOH IILED APR. 27, 1909.

Patented May 3, 1910.

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SHIPPING REGEPTAOLE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 21, 1909.

Patented May 3, 1910.

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SHIPPING REGEPTAGLE.

APPLICATION FILED 11.27, 1909.

Patented May 3, 1910.

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FRANK I. IJAMASNEY AND FORRESTER H. PIERCE, 013' BEVERLY FARMS,

I MASSACHUSETTS.

SHIPPING-REGEPTAGLE.

956, 81(), Specification of Letters iatent. Patented May 3, 1910, A Application filed April 27, 1909. I Serial No. 492,552. 1

To-all whom it may concern: receptacle at the corners. Fig. 4 is a sec- Be it known that we, FRANK I. LAMABNEY tional view, taken as along the line 1-4 of and FoRREsTER' H. Prcncn, citizens of the Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail show United States of America, and residents of] mg one of the angle brackets and its hook State of -Massachusetts, have invented cer- Like numerals of reference icate like tain' new and useful Improvements in Shipparts throughout the several views. ping-Receptacles, of which the following is Referring to the drawings 1 designates the a specification. outer box, of any suitablematerial and cam This invention relatesto certain new and pacit It is, by preference, mountedupon 6 useful im rovements in shipping crates and suita 1e rollers or wheels 2, as shown, for the like, esigned primarily for use in sh1pconvenience'in moving about, but it is evip'ing soft shelled crabs, lobsters and other dent that the rollers or wheels may not alperishable articles, and it has for its objects ways be present.

a amon others to provide a simple and cheap, 3 is the cover or top for this box it is dey e ci nt shipping receptacle admirably signed to fit air tight thereon, and is held adapted for such purposes. firmly-to place by suitable means, as the We have found by experience that it is a clamps 4 which are secured to the'inner dilfioult matter to shiplive crabs etc. a long walls of the box by suitable means as seen l0 distance and have them reach their destina m Fi 1, nd hich are ofi'set as at 5, and

tlon in good condition. We have found that thence extended upward through openings certain conditions must" exist. Rough'haninthe top 3 and through suitable openings dling, too greatadegree of heat and too great in the cleats 6 secured .to the outer face :of

a degree of cold'will kill them. The crabs, the top, the upper portions being screw especially the soft shelled-ones, crush very threaded as seen at 7 and receiving the 0' easily, hence it is essential that they be kept thumb nuts or the like 8, by means of which from contact with each other as well as from the parts may be drawn together, a washer contact with the walls of the receptacle, or or the like-9 being employed if necessary bethe tray. We find that a temperature of tween the thumb .nut and the adjacent face 0 about 55 Fah'r. is best suited to them and in of the cleat, as seen in Fig. 1, for an obvious 8'5 it the thrive to the best advantage. Also purpose. I

it is esil'able t the r p tllle 10 is the intermediate -box of like contour in a lul'al-ity of m, 0116 Within the to the outer box but of suiiiciently smaller 0t er, s all all be kept practically air tight. dimensions as shown to provide an-air space 5 with above j View 0111' h p- 11 between the walls of the two boxes. This 0 fined by the appended claims, 'tended outward upona four sides of the 5 specification, and in whichping receptacle has been designed. .box 10 is provided with a lining 12 of suit Other and advantages. f the in-- .a'ble material and thickness; we preferabl vention wil hereinafter appear, and the make the box of wood and the lining of ga novel features thereof will be specifically devanized iron. At the to this lining is cit-g The mvention,-in its preferableforms, is box to form a flange13 as seen in F ig. 1,

' clearly illustrated in the accompanying which closesthetop of the air space 11, as

draw ngs, which, with the numerals of refwill be clearly understood from said figure. erence marked thereon, form a part of this The box 10 is provided with a cover or top a '14 which is secured to lace thereon to form 1 F'gure 1 ,is a substantially central vertian air' ti ht receptacle, By any suitableme'ans cal section through a shippin refrigerator as the camp screws 15 secured to the inner constructed in accordance wit our present walls of the box as-shown in Fig. land ex-' invention. Fig. 2 is a cross section taken tended upward through the top-of the box on the line 22 of Fig. '1, looking in the and'through cleats 16 secured to the outer 1 direction of the arrow. dais a plan face of sai top, said screws receiving thumb looking down on the inner receptacle and =-nuts or the like 17, a Washer 18 being interthe intermediate one with the covers and posed between the .u per face-of the cleattrays removed showing a modified form of and t e under face 0 the thumb n'ut if de- 5 cans for yie dlnglyusupporting'the inner sire as seeninFig. 1. 11-0 6.0 movement in all directions.

a -we employ angular brackets 34 each having "order to keep the two bbxes properly spaced and prevent them from being thrown one against the other we provide the spacmg 1 1 blocks 19 which extend across the bottom,

all four si es of the box as wi stood from Figs. 1 and 2. The outer box is.

and the spacin blocks 20 disposed vertically near the to be un erbracedat the corners interiorly as by the suita 1e. manner.

ar blocks 21 trian secured thereto in any 22 is the inner receptacle, preferably of galvanized iron of the required capacity,

and this is provided with a cover or-top 23, which is designed to be secured thereupon' airland fluid t1 ht. In the present instance it isshown as esigned to hold twelve trays each having a plurality of compartments 24,

the trays 25 fitting quiteclose y within the receptacle, as shown.-

The cover 23' extends beyond the side walls of the box-22 as seen in Fig.1 and has a de-' pending flange 26 to aid in keeping the wa ter from the melting. ice from get-tin in the joint between the box and cover, and t rough this lateral extension of the cover extend the screw bolts or the like 27 w'hich are secured to the outer wall of the box 22 as shown in Figs. 1 and-4 and the upper ends thereof receive the thumb nuts or the like 28 by-which the cover maybe secured in place.

j In order to prevent injury to thecontentsof the inner box by the rough usage such boxes are liable to receive in 'trensportation we employ cushions between the inner box 22 and the adjacent walls of the intermediate f com rise N e in ead' b ocks 30. -At the bottom these anysuitable material secured at-one'end to box 10. i As seen in Fig. 1 these cushions rings 29 having their'ends seated springs are disposed within'the shells 31 of the: bottom of the intermediate box 10 and at the other end secured to or hearing against the .outer face of the bottomof the box 22, as

seen clearly in Fig. 1. These lead blocksv form a firm seating for thesprings-and serve tokeep them in almement within their shells or housings. At the sides each endof each sprin is secured to a lead. block 32, and to each. lock is-secured a shell or the like'33,

.one telescolping within the other, as seen I clearly in ig. 1. By

' a box is free .to move in all directions to .com-

pensate for the vibrations occasioned by the motions of the cars or other vehicle, as well as the throwing about the receptacle apt to 1getin moving it. about.-

niFi (3,iand 5 we have shown anothermeans or yieldingly support ng thev inner receptacle so thatit may have freedom of. i In this form.

' gone-or more openings in each of its members 35,- these 0 enings 36 being designed to recei've sjuita 1e means-for them to t e latter. being dilsposed u on this means the innerthe adjacent sides of the box 10 at the corners as-seen in'Figs. 3' and 4 and each bracket has extending .from its 'an le a hook 37 designed to engage an eye or t e like 38' on a spring 39; the other end of the spring has a'like eye 40 which is received in an eye 'or the like 41 projecting froln'the angle the angle or corner of the box 22 as seen in .Figs. 3 and 4 to which it is secured in any.

suitable manner. We preferably employ of the angular bracket 42 which embraces I two of these springs at each corner of the box, one near t clinedly as seenbest in Fig. 4 an bein of 22 when it is fi led with crabs or other articles and kee it from contact with the bottom of the intermediate box- 10 as will be readily understood from Fig. 4. The upper e top and the other near the A bottom, the springs beingdis osed 'ina .suflicient stren h to'supp'ort the inner 0.x".

ends. of the springs may be readily d1sen-- 1 gaged from t sired but cannot become accidentally dislaeed during transportation or use of the BVICG.

In'practice, the box 10 is placed within eir holding hooks when .de-

the box. 1, being held spaced therefrom by and placed in 1."

.ments'ofv each tray are of such sizeas to hold a crab and a suflicient amount of sea weed, or'the like to prevent the crab from coming in contact with the walls of the compartment and ofsuch height that when the trays are placed one upon' another the bottom of the uppermost tray will not contact with norpress u on the crab in the tray beneath it. It'wi e if the trays are. to be .usedfor shipping lob:

ste'rs they will beof a difierentform than those for the shipment of crabs.

After the trays are'all-in position then the cover of the box 22is "fastened down, the space between the box. 22 :and, the-box 10 is then filled with-sawdust or the like as seen at .43, and-thenla'layer of sawdust or be-understood that .11(

the like, about-one inch in thickness is vplaced j on the top of the box 22as seen'in' igl 1 and on top of this is placed cracked ice and the latter then covered with sawdust. For

a box of a capacity of thirty six dozen crabswe em 10y about twenty three poundsfof cracked rice, more-or less, which we have -found sufiicient to keep the contents ofthe inner box ata' temperature of substantially is 70, for a period-of seyentytwo hours.

' 41-in a car or room where the temperature The cover-to the box 10 'is' then secured down, and then the -cover 'to' the outer box is secured in position, making all air tight, andthen the receptacle is ready for shipment, with the assurance that the contents Will reach their destination in good condition.

From the above it will be seen that We have devised a simple, cheaply constructed, yet ellicient and durable shipping receptacle in the nature of a refrigerator, and While the structural embodiment of the invention as hereinbefore disclosed is what we at'the present time consider preferable it is evident that the same is subject to changes, variations in proportions and details of construction without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its ad.- vantages; we therefore do not intend to restrict ourselves to the exact details shown and described, but'reserve the right to make such changes, variations and modifications as come properly within the scope of-the protection prayed.

What is claimed as new is 1. A shipping crate comprising inner and outer boxes with an air space between them, spacing blocks extending across the bottom and vertically near the top upon all sides, a

lining to the inner box extended outwardly v at its top upon all sides closing the top of said space, an inner receptacle within the 30.

inner box, yielding means allowing movement of said inner receptacle in all directions, a plurality of removable compartment trays'within the inner receptacle, and independent air-tight closures for said receptacle and for the inner and outer boxes.

2. A refrigerator shipping crate comprising inner and outer wooden boxes, spacing means therebetween, a metallic lining to the inner box, a metallic inner receptacle withinthe inner-box with a space therebe- 'tween, elastic cushions between the inner box and the. said receptacle allowing of limitedfreedom of movement of the inner receptac'le, a metallic air-tight closure for the 45 inner receptacle, and closures for the inner and outer boxes. r I

Signed by us at Beverly Farms, Mass. this 23 day of April 1909. FRANK. I. LAMASNEY.

FORE-ESTER H. PIERCE. Witnesses:

MARY E. CoLLINs, AGNES AQLA ASNEY. 

